2018

A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for selecting time windows to vehicle routing problems. A set of criteria for estimating desirability of scheduling an appointment to a time interval, and a set of time intervals at …

A method, apparatus and product for real-time update of a Mobile Workforce Scheduling Problem (MWSP), which comprises: agents and tasks to be performed by the agents, wherein a schedule which solves the mobile workforce scheduling problem exists and is …

2017

A computer implemented method of optimizing an execution of a process by applying adjustable robust optimization, comprising: 1) Designating an optimization function for calculating an optimal solution for a process execution comprising a plurality of ordered

A method comprising obtaining a scheduling problem comprising: a set of agents and a set of tasks to be performed by the set of agents, wherein solving the scheduling problem using an automated solver is not feasible using available predetermined resources. The method comprises automatically generating a plurality of alternative scheduling problems, wherein a solution to each such alternative scheduling problem defines a solution to the scheduling problem and determining a solution to the scheduling problem by applying the automated solver to solve, while using the available predetermined resources, an alternative problem of the plurality of alternative scheduling problems to determine a solution to the alternative problem and by mapping the solution to the alternative problem to the scheduling problem, whereby determining the solution.

A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for decomposing multisite heterogeneous workforce scheduling problems. An instance of a multisite heterogeneous workforce scheduling problem comprising a set of work items and a set of technicians is obtained. A measure of likelihood that a pair of work items belong to the same sub-problem in a decomposition of the problem instance into a plurality of sub-problems, such that a union of solutions to the plurality of sub-problems is a solution to the problem, is calculated. The measure calculation comprises calculating one or more components indicating a relation between the pair of work items and technicians potentially scheduled to execute either of them. A solution to the problem is generated by solving the plurality of sub-problems in the decomposition obtained based on a partitioning of the set of work items induced by the measure and aggregating solutions to the plurality of sub-problems.

Method, system and product for decomposing a simulation model. The method comprising automatically decomposing the simulation model into a predetermined number of co-simulation components, wherein each co-simulation component is allocated to a different …

A computer-implemented method, apparatus and computer program product, the method performed by a processor operatively connected to a memory, the method comprising: obtaining a schedule for handling service requests, the schedule planned offline in accordance with expected service requests for a service, the schedule comprising a number of service trips per time slot and per geographic location; receiving a service request, comprising a location in which the service is to be provided; automatically suggesting, during handling the service request, a time slot for providing the service from time slots available in the schedule for providing the service in the location; and upon acceptance of the time slot for providing the service, updating the schedule with the service being provided at the time slot.

A method, system, and product for simulation of Internet of Things (IoT) environment. The method performed by a simulation node in the IoT environment, which comprises the simulation node and a cloud server connected by a computerized network. The method …

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions configured to cause a processor to perform actions, which program instructions implement: a framework for creating a model of an NP-hard problem, the model comprising at least one entity selected from the group comprising: an objective, a variable, an equation and a constraint, wherein the framework provides methods for automatically transforming the model, comprising: one or more methods for manipulating or changing a status of the entity of the model, the methods comprising a method for imposing or ignoring the constraint; and one or more methods related to operations to be applied to the entity of the model.

2014

Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving, by a computer executing a system modeling application, a first input including multiple attributes and a second input including multiple

A method comprising: obtaining a first viewpoint representing a partial depiction of a system, wherein the first viewpoint comprises a property base, an instance base and a class base; obtaining a second viewpoint representing a partial depiction of the system, wherein the

2012

A method of identifying a set of designs compliant with one or more constraints. The method comprises providing an objective space of one or more objectives and a design variables space, examining a plurality of designs which comply with one or more constraints of one or